Wirecom & Cellular Telephony

1. When was the first complete sentence ever

transmitted by the telephone?
a.1860
b.1876
c.1892
d.1905
2. Who invented the first practical system for the
electrical switching of calls installed in 1892?
a.Bell
b . Wa t s o n
c.Edison
d. Strowger
3. What part of the conventional telephone set
the transmitter and receiver unit are
located?
a.Dial
b.Base
c . Ke y p a d
d.Handset
4. The type of transmitter widely used in the
conventional telephone set
a.Carbon
b.Ceramic
c . Pi e z o e l e c t r i c
d . El e ctromag n e ti c
5. Who invented the first carbon type transmitter?
a.Bell
b . Wa t s o n
c.Gray
d.Edison
6. The type of receiver widely used in the
conventional telephone set
a . E l e c t ro m a g n e ti c
b.Ceramic

c.Carbon
d . Pi e z o e l e c t r i c

c.Busy tone
d.Congestion tone

7. How many unique tones are used for the 12-key dialtone multi frequency keypad?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 7
d.12

12. The signal heard on the telephone line which

indicates that the called subscriber sets is in use

8. In the telephone unit, what is produced when

the balancing network in a hybrid circuit is
intentionally unbalanced slightly so that the
small amount of transmitted signal is fed to the
receiver of the talking phone?
a.Dial tone
b.Side tone
c.Echo
d.Singing

13. Dial tone, busy tone and ring back tone are examples
of
signal.
a.Supervision
b.Address
c.Musical
d.Digital

9. The type of dialing possible for telephone set with

rotary dial.
a . To n e d i a l i n g
b . Pu l s e d i a l i n g
c . Lo o p d i al i n g
d.e&m dialing
10. DTMF stands for
a.Digital telephone multimode function
b . D u a l t o n e m u l ti f re q u e n c y
c. Dialing time made faster
d.Data transmission multiplex fi lter
11. The signal heard on the telephone line that
indicates readiness of the central office in
receiving address or telephone number
a.Dial tone
b.Ringing tone

a.Dial tone
b.Ringing tone
c.Busy tone
d.Congestion tone

14. Request for service from the telephone is detected

at the Central Office as
a.Dial pulses
b.Ringing signal
c.Flow of loop current
d.Battery reversal
15. The maximum length for 1300-ohm signaling or
loop resistance using AWG 26 wire with 133.9
ohms per
kilometer
a. 5.2 km
b. 4.7 km
c. 7.5 km
d. 9.7 km
16. With attenuation loss limits at 6 dB, what it the
length of cable using gauge 26 with attenuation loss
of 1.61 dB per kilometer?
a. 1.3 km
b. 2.5 km
c. 3.7 km

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